Abdul Qadir Qureshi And ORS v. State Gnct Of Delhi And ANR

$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 7825/2025 ABDUL QADIR QURESHI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

Mohd.

Saleem, Mohd Khurshid, Mr.

Nasir and Mohd.

Nabeel, Advocates with Petitioners in person versus STATE GNCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through:

Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for the State with SI Ramakant, PS Sadar Bazar Mohammad Anas, Advocate for R-2 with R-2 in person

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

O R D E R

% 27.11.2025 1.

Petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „B.N.S.S.‟) has been filed on behalf of the Petitioners for quashing of FIR No. 0282/2017 registered under Sections 498A/406/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as „IPC‟) at P.S. Sadar Bazar and all the proceedings emanating therefrom in terms of the Settlement dated 07.03.2024.

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Learned APP appearing on advance Notice, accepts Notice on behalf of the State. Learned Counsel for the Respondent No. 2 also accepts the Notice. 3.

Brief facts of the case are that the marriage was solemnized between Petitioner No. 1 and Respondent No. 2 on 17.12.2016, according to Muslim rites and ceremonies and no child was born out of the said wedlock. Due to temperamental issues, the Petitioner/husband and the Respondent No. 2 started living separately since 26.04.2017.

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It is submitted that on the basis of Complaint filed by the Respondent No. 2, FIR No. 0282/2017 got registered under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC at P.S. Sadar Bazar wherein the Petitioners were implicated. It is further submitted that there is a cross-FIR bearing No. 0145/2017 registered under Sections 323/325/342/452/506/34 IPC at P.S. Sarai Rohilla lodged by Petitioner No. 1 wherein the Respondent No. 2 and her family members were implicated.

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The parties are present before this Court in-person today and have been identified by their learned Counsel and Investigating Officer. 6.

It is stated that the Petitioner No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2 have amicably settled all the disputes and differences between them and arrived at Settlement vide Settlement dated 07.03.2024.

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In the Settlement dated 07.03.2024, it was inter alia settled between the parties that the Respondent No. 2/wife and the Petitioner No. 1/husband shall dissolve their marriage as per Muslim rituals. It is further stated that the Petitioner No.1/husband shall return all the gold and silver jewellery, dowry articles and istridhan towards full and final settlement of all the claims of the Respondent No. 2/wife.

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It is stated that the Petitioner No. 1 has already returned the entire jewellery, dowry articles and istridhan to the Respondent No. 2, which is acknowledged by the Respondent No. 2.

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It is stated that the marriage between the Petitioner No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2, had already been dissolved as per Muslim customs on 26.04.2017. It is also stated that the Respondent No. 2 has got re-married and is now residing happily in her matrimonial home. 10.

In view of the Settlement dated 07.03.2024, the present Petition has The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

been filed.

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The parties have endorsed the amicable settlement and accepted the terms thereof voluntarily. The parties have undertaken to remain bound by the terms of the Settlement. The parties have submitted that all the disputes have been amicably settled vide Settlement dated 07.03.2024 and thus, no fruitful purpose will be served in continuing with the FIR. 12.

Today, the Respondent No. 2/wife, who is present in the Court, states that she has no objection if the FIR is quashed alongwith all the proceedings emanating therefrom.

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In view of the above facts that the parties have amicably resolved their differences out of their own free will and without any coercion and also the fact that the present matter is a family matter and the Respondent No. 2 has remarried, no useful purpose will be served in continuing with the proceedings, rather the same would create further acrimony between them. Hence, it would be in the interest of justice to quash the abovementioned FIR and the proceedings pursuant thereto.

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Moreover, there is no legal impediment in quashing the aforesaid FIR in question.

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Accordingly, FIR No. 0282/2017 registered under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC at P.S. Sadar Bazar and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom are quashed.

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The Petition alongwith pending Applications, if any, stands disposed of.

NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.

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